Heartbeat Hike 2016 at Wicksteed Park

Heartbeat Hike is one of our main Fundraising events of the year – so please donate.
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Arrival and Registration

A small team from Oxford Phab arrived early to set up a registration desk.
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Sound systems being set up at The Rotunda
imageOxford Phab at the registration desk.
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Clubs came from all over the country – many had made banners, which were later judged in a Best Banner Competition.


A selection of the banners, plus the flag of the Midlands Region.

Entertainment at the Bandstand

While clubs were arriving from far and near there was plenty to keep them entertained.


Fancy Dress competition

Official Start of Heartbeat Hike Wicksteed


As people finished they had their book stamped, were given a medal and were offered a drink of water.

Desk with medals and stamps.
Desk with medals and stamps.


No pictures of this actually happening as this was a hectic time, so this was taken after the rush had gone.

More entertainment at the Bandstand

While people ate their packed lunch there was more entertainment at the Bandstand


Facepainting


Phab goodies on sale


Music from Acoustic Us – a four piece Northampton band playing a variety of music.


https://vimeo.com/169728293
George Martini doing a Zumba session as part of the afternoon activities – an amazing amount of energy on such a hot day.


More music with Helen and Garth

Train Ride


Some members bought discounted (with Phab membership card) wrist bands and went on the rides, but others had a more sedate train ride !
 

Packing up and going home

Loading the Oxford Phab Minibus
Loading the Oxford Phab Minibus


We packed up the Registration desk, and loaded the minibus, ready for the journey home.
 

Film Night – The Town That Sang – with Pizza

We ate pizza, and were then treated to a showing of The Town That Sang, a short musical film. Jack, who is a member of Wesley Memorial Church, wrote the music for the film – and gave us a short talk about it and answered our questions.

The film was funded by a Kickstarter campaign and some of the funders are also Phab members, who had seen it already, but were quite happy to see it again.

Please Donate to Oxford Phab at Heartbeat Hike 2016

Heartbeat Hike – which we have been participating in for many years – is at Wicksteed Park this year.
We will taking a group in our minibus, and a couple of cars, and members will be walking and helping on the checkpoint/reception area.
The club receives no funding except the money we raise ourselves, and our present priority is the expense of keeping our Minibus running so we can bring members to club on a Friday night and go on trips, like our recent holiday at Avon Tyrrell.
Please make a donation via BT Mydonate, by clicking on one of the links below:

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Oriental Buffet at Oxy at the Kassam Stadium

Oxy Oriental do a very varied buffet at the Kassam, and had reserved a large area  near the buffet for us, which we needed as there were about 30 of us there. Unfortunately I was too busy chatting and eating to take a picture until very near the end. Since not all of our group had been able to go to Avon Tyrrell there was a lot of catching up to do.
20160520_214404Replete after our meals !

Oxford Phab Holiday at Avon Tyrrell 2016 – Highlights

We had such a good holiday at Avon Tyrrell in 2015 that we decided to return, doing some of the same activities, and trying some different ones.
We booked the same chalet, with its large communal area for cooking, eating and socialising.

We hope our next holiday will be as good as this one !
We now have a video, made by Patti, of the highlights of the holiday.
https://vimeo.com/172919607

We also have a PeerTube Playlist of videos from the holiday at https://peertube.paladyn.org/videos/watch/playlist/fe4d9703-76d7-4763-8968-cafa9486fc02 – more videos will be added as I get round to them

Error : Peertube playlist id 1 not found !

High Ropes at Avon Tyrrell 2016

After our Archery session we moved on to the High Ropes. These are allowed us to get high up into the trees !
DSC00006In the middle of this picture Maria is climbing a tree, watched by Tom and some of the Avon Tyrrell instructors.
DSC00008I am walking along a log above the forest.
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I do make it to the end !
DSC00012Trisha climbing.
DSC00016Trisha has climbed even higher, while, in the background, Helen has climbed up to the horizontal log.
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Kelly going for a swing !
DSC00029Sarah on the High Ropes – heading up,
DSC00038and has enjoyed the experience !

This short clip of Tom is hosted on this PeerTube server.

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